VietNamNet Bridge – The rapid-fire pieces of news about the big debts incurred by Hoang Anh Gia Lai and the slow sale of its real estate products have raised doubts about the health of the conglomerate.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan warned on Monday that squeezed funds and rise of chronic non-communicable disease were "two danger zones" for the world public health development.

VietNamNet Bridge – The common characteristic of all the services is that they do not require big investment capital, but they still can bring fat profit.

A lot of study consultancy firms only care about parents’ financial capability, while they do not care about students’ learning aptitude and foreign language skills.

Vietnam now has the great opportunity of earning billions of dollars a year more from exports thanks to the value added tax (VAT) immunity policy applied to the foreigners and overseas Vietnamese passing through the country's two biggest airports.

VietNamNet Bridge – The lead content in the bodies of 100 percent of kids (over 100) in Chi Dao commune in the northern province of Hung Yen is 2-7 times higher than permitted levels.

Hanoi CPI up 0.16 percent in May; Pepper exports to see substantial growth; Deposit interest rates may fall to 9% by year's end; Economic crisis hits Q2 export orders; Rule to limit foreign currency loans

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly a week after returning home from an one-month treatment trip in Taiwan, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Mai in Hoi An town, Quang Nam city was still very happy with her new face and family union.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday expressed his support for Greece to remain in the euro zone, saying world leaders have "indicated their desire to see Greece in the euro zone."

Police from the Ministry of Public Security today released a special wanted notice for Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam Maritime Administration, who has not been found since the afternoon of May 17 when his first wanted notice was issued.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Record Book Centre (Vietkings) has announced the recognition of 10 Vietnamese records for Asian Records 2012 by the Asian Record Council.

VietNamNet Bridge – Recent deadly road accidents involving unskilled drivers have driven relevant agencies to improve training and examinations for driving licences.

Exhibition on Vietnam’s festivals opens in France; VUFO receives Ho Chi Minh memorabilia from India; Student orchestra offers free court music show

VietNamNet Bridge – A calligraphy exhibition featuring Nhat Ky Trong Tu (Diary in Prison) poetry by President Ho Chi Minh opened its doors to the public in Ha Noi yesterday, May 21.

VietNamNet Bridge – After nearly one week of making an investigation at the house of the HCM City’s girl who is capable of making fires, scientists from the HCM City-based Hong Bang University did not realize any abnormal thing.

VietNamNet Bridge – The 3rd annual Belgian-Vietnamese Comic Festival will take place in Hanoi from June 1 to 10 on the occasion of International Children's Day.

Dominated by three telecom giants, Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone, the Vietnamese mobile market had over 116 million subscriptions at the end of 2011.

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's men's chess team have won a gold medal in the blitz event at the ongoing Asian Team Chess Championships in China.

Quang Binh takes soft drinks from shelves; Hanoi CPI up 0.16 percent in May; Flooding to appear in northern region; Vietnamese people association opens office in RoK

A group of acrobatic primates living, and swinging from tree branches, in Vietnam are not faring so well, with three of the six species inching closer to extinction, finds a new report, released on May 21, on these primates called crested gibbons.

The People's Committee of HCM City has asked the Prime Minister to instruct the Ministry of Transport to revoke licences that allow the Hiep Phuoc Maritime and Investment Joint-Stock Company to dredge river beds

VietNamNet Bridge – An artist hailing from the northern province of Nam Dinh evokes beauty, nostalgia and a sense of sadness for disappearing scenes and traditions in an exhibition now open in HCM City.

Private spaceflight company SpaceX will try to launch its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning, U.S. space agency NASA announced Monday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign invested sea port developers have got bogged down in a competition of reducing loading and unloading fees to scramble for clients, thus facing the risks of incurring heavy losses.

VietNamNet would like to introduce a series of articles about the presidential election in the US, by G. Calvin Mackenzie, the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government at Colby College  and currently a Fulbright scholar in Vietnam.